/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4184302
How do you fit in with other artists? What if you work so hard and get hired into a studio? What then?

Any recommendations for artists that are good at drawing kids?
Can be from anywhere as long as the art is good

>>4184309
Not sure what's being asked. Network and communicate with others, comment on stuff and be genuinely interested.
In a studio you talk with the art director and produce whatever it is you're hired to do

I have a patron who pledged $50 but I think doesn't know that I charge twice a month. I have sent him 3 messages telling him that he should change or remove his pledge because I already charged for what he asked, but he hasn't replied. I've been stressed about it all day because I don't want to have to do a refund. Should I block him, removing his pledge so I can charge, or do I charge with him there anyway? will blocking him affect his first charge?

>>4184309
The more they respect your skills the more the more accomodating they will be. Be respected, not liked. The better you are the more forgiving your peers will be to your quirks

Can I make it if I believe in myself?

>>4184302
How do i get a ''70s as fuck'' colour pallete like Druillet, Also, how do you call them, fluorescent colours?

>>4184309

In animation at least it’s easy to reach out to story boards artists on twitter and befriend them.

im trying to replicate telephoto compression in my landscapes, but im not sure how. Is there a method to tranfer scale between the objects?

Any current guide to using paypal for nsfw commission work so I don't fuck it up and get banned?
Specifically I don't know if I should use my online nickname as my paypal business name or not. Kinda spooked they'll google it and find I draw porn and shit.

>>4185301
Of course, what else? Keep going and don't ever doubt you'll make it, because if you never stop, then you can't ever fail.

What is hard and soft form? And how do you go about drawing them?

What's the best art program to do digital? I am currently using SAI 2 because it's the only i know how to use but i would like to upgrade in the future.

>>4187913
depends entirely on personal preference and what you want to do. there's a bunch of them and some prefer SAI, other PS, others CSP etc.
i'd say just pirate what you want to try and make your own idea. personally i prefer clip studio paint over anything else
also i never used it but Krita is free iirc and it has a good brush engine from what i hear from friends.

Just got new PC with windows 10 and i find annoying issue.
I used to use one of my keys on pen as space(hand tool) button to drag around surface in photoshop.
It worked great on my previous PC but now i got slightly lag when i trying to move or zoom in/out.
Pen pressure works fine i can draw without other issues. Windows ink is also disabled. I can't find any solution tho.
Can anyone help me?

Does Nomura use watercolor?

>>4188149

>>4188149
>>4188152
no, nomura is a terrible artist anyways kys plebeian

>>4185309
Oh my god this looks so cool.

>>4188019
Find out that it apear only in CC. On CS6 everything works fine.

How do you get better at jerking off and drawing lewds at the same time?
I already have my 18 inch vibrating dildo firmly lodged in my bunghole but I can't get off without also punching myself in the testicles and fingering my urethra.
t. Shadman

can you use photoshop brushes in cps? the .abr file

Is paid promotion worth it? Paying for adds in facebook or instagram to grow your page.

When do I bother making a patreon or ko-fi even just for small tips? I have maybe 10 followers and I'm lucky to break even double digit likes with my best work.

>>4189660
i assume you mean CSP
no, but you can make an image that can be registered as a brush tip for CSP
i'm fairly sure there's a guide for it just googling around, but if you're not sure i can explain how to do it.

When should I move on from Keys to Drawing?

I make cat portraits for my family and friends on their birthday, which they appreciate a lot. Pic related is the last one I've made. I've been asked how much it'll take to comission one. Since it takes roughly 1 day of work to make one, i'd say around 80-100 euros?
100 euros is the amount of money I make for 1 day of professionnal work (which is more about graphic design and photobashing), taxes included.
What do you think?

anyone know an image viewer that I can use for timed drawing? I know nomacs has a slideshow thing that goes to the next image but the time limit is only 30 seconds max.

>>4190833
Thanks frenn, I'll Google first and come back if I have troubles.

>>4184302
Who are the most influential artist to horror general beside Giger, Beksiński and Goya?

What are some interesting modern artists that mostly do horror artwork to check out?

My real job has fuck-all to do with art. It pays well and gives me lots of hobby time, so I don't mind that. I'm just a hobbyist at the end of the day, though, and a lot of the art friends I've made over the years are professionals. They often express their discontent with their careers and how they regret getting into the field.

How can I show them that I care about them, their work, and their happiness without coming off as some patronizing fuck who won't ever "get" it? Obviously I don't have any right to tell someone to hang in there when I have no experience in that career at all, but what CAN I do? They know I'll always be there for them, I tell them all the time, but still I see their unhappiness and I feel so useless.

>>4191132
line-of-action.com sounds like it might be a good resource for what you’re looking for

>>4185309
I’d also like to know.

>>4191132
XnView Classic is the only one I've found with custom timer settings

When you're feeling down and unsure about your work, is there a way you whip yourself back to reality to start working again? You know like that psychological snap-back technique athletes use to get their wits back after a crushing defeat.

Possible things I thought of:
-do full session of physical exercise
-take a walk to clear your head
-set current work aside and go do a simple drawing exercise

Anything I'm missing?

>>4191865
Meditation, yoga, inspirational text (James Allen, Robert Henri)

>>4184302
Is this kind of autistic level of anatomy knowledge going to increase my art gains substantially or is it superfluous and a waste of time?

>>4191984
that is an unbelievable autistic level of anatomy. Sounds like a waste of time if your trying to get into anatomy but a really really really good practice for honing in on your perspective construction.

>>4191984
Knowledge is always good. Perspective drawings aren’t though.

>>4190291
What’s your work look like?

In Clip Studio, how can I quickly highlight transparent pixels in a layer? Sometimes I miss tiny spots while coloring and I'd like to save time making selections.

>>4192123
I put some type of bright green under to pick up things like that, or work in ways where I won't leave a lot of highlights like that. There's also a Remove dust feature which removes specks below a certain size, it's under Correct line which has the useful vector tools.

how long does it take you guys to complete an artwork? let's say just one character.

>>4192300
my entire life; i leave all my works incomplete

>>4184302
Been having trouble with legs and feet, any good resources on them?

I'm currently working on a small studio doing some concept art and stuff and some coworkers told me they want to make a gift for the boss's birthday on the name of the whole team
So they are asking me to draw something. Should I charge them regularly? Or is it rude because I'm part of the team?

>>4191929
Thanks didn't think of those

Is there a list of every social media site an artist can use to put up their work?

>>4192760
just remembered the blog threads exist so nevermind

>>4185301
Yes

>>4192638
eh, i hate being asked to draw as a gift in general. its completely different when i decide to draw something for someone ands its solely a decision of my own, but i feel really forced and uncomfortable when someone asks me to do it. im guessing they didnt think about paying you at all and will get offended if you ask them about it.

how is that supposed to be in name of the whole team if you draw it anyway? if its a collab then its alright and i wouldnt feel like asking for money, but it its just you then this whole situation is bizzare.

>>4184302
For a beginner, best order to start with the fundamentals? I remember something about perspective first and then anatomy, but I don't remember the rest.
also, not going to go super autistic on this, I just want to know what to focus on more as I work full time and can't draw everyday for hours.

>>4193048
Start with learning how to make a line, then basics like a square, triangle, S-curve, C-curve. Follow that up with basic perspective with single shapes and observational sketches/gestures.

>>4184302
is it worth taking figure drawing classes? or Should I stick to pirated Proko stuff?

>>4193107
>basic perspective with single shapes and observational sketches/gestures
And after?

yo im ordering presents for friends from japan for christmas off amazon and was wondering if anyone ould have any japanse art supplies recs??

>>4193111
Croquis cafè is pretty good

>>4193149
thank you

https://youtu.be/VhG7DENh-uk
Is he right?

What are the current art movements?

>>4193215
I look at the title and already I don't want to watch that shit. So guess we'll never find out. I'll be working, you go watch videos that give secret scientific magic instant improvement tips

What is a matte painting? I'm seeing some stuff that's just photobashing, but also a film VFX technique involving painting on glass. If a studio says they prefer experience with matte painting, do they mean photobashing?

>>4193718
This sounds like a homework question, lel.

>>4192300
It depends entirely on the technique and specifics of the subject. A detailed, realistic character in an environment could take me 40 hours. A stylized flat colored or cell shaded character with no background could take me 1-2 hours.

What the hell is a crab? Ive been here for a month and still havent figured it out. It just sounds like someones whos angry and nitpicks

>>4193766
It's basically saying do loomis

>>4193882
>sounds like a homework question
Now that you mention it I guess it does. I was just curious how the art scene looks right now since I've been watching art-related documentaries recently.

>>4193048
Help

Why are furries so rich? I mean seriously how could it be that drawing furry porn brings in so much cash, normal people couldn't afford that and I don't think furries are starving themselves in order to pay their artists either.

>>4194521
There are a lot of degenerates with high paying jobs, like working in IT.

>>4194521
>>4194593
Theory:
-Intellectual circles lean far left and are morally bankrupt
-Their children are nonetheless well educated and get well paying jobs (if they don't become retard ''activists'')
-Because of growing up around insane people children turn into secret degenerates

>>4184302
In photoshop everytime when I click on color wheel and back on canvas - it needs a second click to make a mark, how to fix it?

>>4184302
I don't remember the name but I recall using this randomizer type site some time ago that would randomize and describe different fictional characters, locations/environments or story scenarios based on what themes you would've picked
currently struggling with coming up with interesting subject matters and this'd help me a ton

>>4194521
There are lots of wealthy people in the world. Some just happen to be furries.

>>4193890
Yes. Being 'crabby'

>>4194521
I always figured they get the money from mommy and daddy. Could be other furry artist or a furry figure. Furries love throwing money at other furries.

>>4193048
bump for help

>>4193048
read many different artbooks from 'drawing comics the marvel way' to loomis, do stilllife studies as a warm-up, practise figure drawing, improve proportions, anatomy, light/shadow etc

>>4193215
yes read ''a mind for numbers'' if you want to know why it works and others techniques

>>4193890
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality

>>4193890
Forced tumblr-tier meme started by newfags.

>>4194660
Best one I know of
https://www.seventhsanctum.com/index.php

>>4195024
>newfags
Shit being going on for a while. It's now part of 4chan. Because I've been seeing it on other boards as of late.

So when making your own comic is it always better to type out your dialogue as opposed to writing it? you can get more creative with writing it out but it has to be legible and you'll get better at it as you practice

>>4188164
NGMI

>>4192084
Honestly it is /beg/ shit. I don't really get digital coloring as most of my shit looks really flat. I'd like to blame the CSP brush selection but it's just me lacking knowledge and skill.

>>4191984
What book is that from?

>>4195751
Struttura Uomo vol 1/2. Only in Italian as far as I know, but it's richly illustrated

https://archive.org/details/StrutturaUomoManualeDiAnatomiaArtisticaVol1

Any resources on sculpting? What are some good video courses/books?
Also, how are these robot figures initially designed/created?

>>4192506
Vilppu video course
>>4191984
That stuff is reserved for anatomists and bioengineers (Even then, CAD is used more often)
Simply understanding the anatomy of the body and how it affects the surrounding is far more important.
>>4193111
Life drawing, especially instructed, is hugely beneficial
>>4185309
Take a bunch of pics and analyze their color palette. Pick it out then note where they used what colors and for what.
>>4195135
Depends, a non-answer but it really does.
Some people just find a font they like (make sure it's legible and suitable), others handwrite everything because they feel it gives them a nicer effect, others turn their handwriting into a font (letter spacing can be difficult to get right though).

I just cant shade. It kills me. I put a cup in front of me, put down the overall shape and then it just goes downhill.

Is there a really good course on seeing tones and putting them down on paper? I got some experience in drawing and shading is my personal enemy.

cheers guys

>>4195747
Not the anon that asked but I like it. Blog?

>>4195070
YES it's exactly the site I had in mind
thanks so much anon you absolute fuckin trooper

Why do I feel nothing but fear and anger when someone touches or sees my sketchbook? maybe I should lay off the lolis

Any place I can get good refs of "action" poses?
I mean a large collection of people mid-movement

>>4184302
What's the best drawing pad for windows? The one I got now won't work with windows. plz help me find a new one

Is building an audience using digital easier than traditional?Especially if you mostly draw /alt/ shit?

Any examples of artist who utilize GIFs in some way to promote their artwork?
i would imagine some porn animations probably but something else?

https://www.hokusai-katsushika.org/quick-lessons-in-simplified-drawings.html

Does anyone have the PDF’s for these books or is there a way to download them from the embed?

Who would be the Bridgman of animal anatomy? I'm pretty confident with human anatomy/figures, but want to start the animal counterparts.

>>4198797
Also, I can’t figure out what type of embed the pages are

If I'm Polish, is my art eastern?

>>4198797
you can download them from the cdn in the flipsnack viewer or whatever it is

>>4184302
I keep seeing posts on /ic/ about a "Hard Round Brush" or something that they use for rendering, but I've not been able to find anything by that or a similar name in Paint SAI, which is the program I use. Am I just fucked out of luck here, or is there something similar to that on Paint SAI under a different name?

>>4199482
How did you manage to do that? Did you have to download something?

>>4199572
brush/100% hard airbrush. i don't use sai but literally just a hard, round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nt9fa8jZUE

How much does making finished art pieces matter as a beginner?

>>4200693
it's a good habit to get into.But don't spend too much time polishing turds

When Scott Robertson draws cars in 1point perspective, he still draws the circles as ellipses, does that mean all his "1point" drawings are actually 2point?
Otherwise wouldn't all the wheels be perfect circles, as ridiculous as that would look, for it to be true 1point?

>>4201085
example? I don't see a 1p perspective car in skimming "how to draw"

>>4201091
It's these drawings that he keeps calling 1 point

>>4201094
ah, yeah it looks like he's faking some curvilinear perspective on the perpendiculars to make it look fancier. It wouldn't look too ridiculous to have the wheels be perfect circles, but it would probably look much more stiff and artificial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvilinear_perspective

>>4201110
Cool thanks, that makes more sense.
I was worried that Gary Meyer, the friendly anti-communist Korean-war vet grandpa perspective teacher, was lying to me

who are some artists that do good expressions? the kind of expression that make characters looking like they have lives, could be any artist really i just need the ones that have good expression

How good is WorldAnvil for making a cohesive document for your world building?

For digital artists:
Do you keep the size jitter on when you go over your sketch during the inking or do you only turn it on when you do the line weight?

how to draw storyboard? esp fight scene

I want to screen capture my workflow for the shit I make in CSP, is there an option for it in the menus or something lightweight I should download?

What do you use, anon?

>>4188152
Why does he have a gay butt?

>>4191444
I like Trevor Henderson's stuff, I like the whole "let the imagination do the work" he's not that talented but he understands what spooky means

>>4192082
Kys draw a cube retatrd

how do i draw gesture? i really don't know how it is supposed to draw this
when do i move on from that?

>>4201585
Watch Prokos videos on gesture
https://youtu.be/74HR59yFZ7Y

How can this sort of texture be mimicked digitally?

Is futa still profitable in the grand scheme of fetishes (furry, bbc, etc)?

I am a beg, atm I’m studying steven Huston book and Nma videos anyone interested in Steve studying discord max 5 people, beg or advanced doesn’t matter, just no degenerate shit.

When learning, when should you think about all the lessons you've learned and when should you just let go and let mileage kick in? I feel overwhelmed whenever I draw heads with all the information I collected, but I feel guilty for not thinking about the proper steps in fear of getting bad habits. Is it good to just draw however I want, correcting things only when I find I cant draw very well, and relearn what I need?

>>4201792
sure i like stevens book a lot, i could draw something with you guys. link?

>>4201597
halftone raster? its in filter->pixelation->halftone raster (sorry i dont have english photoshop so im translating here)

>>4201792
I'm not studying Steve Huston specifically, but I am currently studying figure drawing with Hampton's book. I'm also a beg which makes me even less desirable, but I'm in if you're up for it.

how do i get back my social life after being a neet for so long?

>>4201841
I'm currently using an older version of procreate,is that technique possible in proceate?

Trying to start this shit out and I seem to be a bit confused on where to start. If you have 0 drawing skills or capabilities, what resource should you start with, what should you grind?

I've got Keys to Drawing, Drawing on the right side of the brain, The natural way to draw, and drawabox. Does it ultimately just not matter? I see people saying you need to grind, but if your literally for the first time putting pencil on paper what in the fuck do you even grind, is there some compendium of things I can grind to help with shapes or helping train my eye?

>>4201513
Maybe it hurts?

>>4201597
>>4201841
Nah! Ignore that retard you have to do it pixel by pixel, you get used to it after a few years and eventually will be able to do it in just a pair of hours.
Get an HD texture; overlay; lower the opacity; combine textures if you want. Play with the layer settings

>>4201935
I recommend reading this guide before you jump into endless grinding >>4197159

Like you said, it doesnt make sense to "grind" when you dont have any idea about drawing in general. My most honest advice for you is to first and foremost try drawing whatever you want. Whatever, find some pictures and try drawing something similar. Intuition is everything. Find artists you like, that's a must. You can try to copy the way they draw specific stuff, you can analyze how they paint or what colors they use and try to do it like them. Have a very chill and creative approach. You have to enjoy it. If you like anime, draw anime. If you like horses, draw horses, whatever.

Dont drop your passion/inspirations for the sake of studying and grinding all day. open the books from time to time, maybe study one body part, or one concept, then close it and continue drawing from imagination, try to use the knowledge you gained. I repeat: the worst thing you can do is stop drawing your personal stuff and and grind 24/7.

If you want resources to look into that I can personally 100% recommend, here they are:
dynamic sketching videos by peter han (like drawabox but better, good for starting out as a total beginner),
"figure drawing for artists" by steve huston,
"perspective made easy",
"figure drawing design and invention" by hampton,
"force" by matessi

look through these, if anything looks interesting try it in your sketchbook but dont attempt to get through everything in one sitting. behave like you already have the skills you need somewhere inside your brain, you just have to unlock and polish them with practice - its like a toddler that wants to walk but doesnt know how, but knows the general concept and tries whatever feels right. trust your intuition.

>>4201935
also i personally recommend using "keys to drawing" only for starting out, learn how to draw from reference from this book and put it away. im convinced it develops a very flat way of thinking about the world.

How do I get over the anxiety of beginning to draw every day? Staring at that blank paper knowing I'm going to put trash work on it is very discouraging.

>>4201935
do keys to drawing and the first lesson or two of draw a box. then grab a perspective book like scott robertson how to draw, d'amelio perspective, or perspective done easy. when you feel more confident with lines, find steve huston's figure drawing book and go through that. by then you should have better idea of what you like drawing and specialize there. you're going to suck massively and it's going to be hard but there's no easy way. you can also do bargue studies along with this to understand how measuring works while drawing.

draw what you like along the way, don't just study all the time. finish pieces and keep going. don't be afraid and think you have to get to X level before you can start doing work like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znr1OY-aHhM&list=PL3aPoNPQSJnSJVw2_GUVR7jC0nbnksq6F&index=6&t=0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMX3K3YMbd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ0lz7W0CYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLqWX7onVmU&t=12m27s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22XYoenU-0c&t=24m33s

>>4202107
>>4202231
thanks guys, appreciate the nudge in the right direction helps out.

what do you call it when you don't add any polish and try to make it look good before that step?

Like say you're drawing a girls face. Instead adding the eyes, or drawing makeup, you try to make it look feminine first? Is there a name for that?

I don't need to draw out a perspective grid when I draw foreshortened limbs do I?

>>4202332
...isn't that just fixing or altering a drawing? It doesn't need a name, that's just a part of drawing

>>4203986
>...isn't that just fixing or altering a drawing?

Not exactly. Its more like a step where you prohibit yourself from adding final touches, and make sure it works on its own so it doesn't get a handicap from the final touches.

Like another example would be doing the keyframes in animation, and working on them long enough that they hold up on their own without any inbetweens.

>>4204008
I disagree, all you're really doing is just fixing up a drawing. Refinement if you need a better word for it, maybe.

When posting a big, not-square drawing on instagram, should I put the whole image as the first pic in the album or a close-up?

>>4184302
photoshop (cc 2017) keeps freezing whenever i use the colorpicker. this issue seems limited exclusively to the colorpicker, all other tools and functions cause no error. ram & disc seem fine, drive is defragged, no bad sectors. anyone experienced this?

>>4184302

what's the "fast track" (not really looking for a shortcut but what to focus on) to drawing people? I don't want to draw monsters or landscapes or spaceships. I want to focus on people and faces. what should I study? is studying drawing just generalized, or is there a way to get good at just one topic?

How do you start a drawing. The planning stage. Do you thumbnail it out or just got at it. How many thumbnails are you suppose to Do? Do you focus on the head before the body?

>>4184302
There was this podcast that mentioned the "Drawing for 5 hours each day meme", wondering if anyone has it

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FIND AN ART HANDLE

>>4204745
>find
you just make up some random bullshit

>>4204745
Same, I've been stuck for weeks now damnit

>>4204745
Ive changed the moniker i use online almost dozens of times, it matters a lot less than you think it does

>>4204331
Mine works fine but it's not pirated. I got tired of dealing with bugs. If you subscribe try a newer version see if problem persists.

>>4204745
you post lots of drawings on /ic/ until someone names you

How do I use screentones in sai? or should I move to a different program for that?
Then how do I use screentones in that program?

I am currently reading Keys to Drawing, How to Draw by Robertson, and doing Drawabox but nothing is clicking. I'm drawing tons of cubes, lines, and ellipses but I don't exactly feel any different. Am I supposed to feel anything? Honestly I'm just bored at this point. Is drawing not for me?

>>4205573
now try drawing what you want to draw. it probably looks like a mess. but you can use construction to help draw a better understanding of the form. what do you want to draw?

>>4205680
I want to draw things that I think are cool. Mechs, anime shit, porn obviously because I'm a cumbrain but I haven't gotten to anatomy yet so I don't know how to construct it.

>>4205696
after you've read/done some of the exercises in ktd up to chapter ~4-7 then you should look at steve huston's figure drawing book which imo is the best for beginners. there's no one place to learn from so look at vilppu's drawing manual and hampton figure drawing invention as well. those are the best general figure books. you'll put skills you learned from measuring in keys to drawing and the 3d volumes of how to draw into constructing the figure.

Are there any decent books on drawing facial expressions? Only one I can think of is the one that's made by the Anatomy for Sculptor's author and some of John K's blogposts but his posts didn't really help that much.

>>4206542
Look up Gary faigin's book and Scott Eaton's course. They're pretty in-depth

I know this question will prove my infinite retardation for not being able to figure it out myself, but how the fuck do I make my lines less pixellated? Pic related is a shitty draft I'm working with (pls no hate, it's just a draft. I know it's shit), with the canvas at 2480x3208 pixels and a pixel/inch ratio of 300, but I want my actual linework to have less pixellation issues. I'm using Paint SAI, and I've tried doubling the pixel size and trying out a larger inch size of my canvas (obviously resizing the image to fit), as well as doubling the Pixel/Inch ratio, but any new lines I draw seem just as pixellated. Is there a way to do it that I'm just too fucking moronic to figure out?
Or is there just no way to make the lines less pixellated, and I'm also just retarded?

>>4206555
It looks fine to me. What's so pixelated about it? Also don't think of resolution as inches and dpi, they're meaningless unless you're printing, think with pixels instead.

How can I make Clip Studio Paint's pressure equal to that of sai?

im so used to the sai pressure considering that isnt really a pressure setting at all

how do i become a cute anime girl that lives in a comfy bungalow apartment by the north atlantic sea side and draws graphic novels for a living and has adventurous outings when going outside?

>>4207143
probably grow up, get a job, be an adult man and then forget about this autistic fantasy that you use to escape from your own shortcomings.

>>4207143
get truck kun to run you over to try your luck at getting isekai'd

>>4185291
I think you've done as much as you can without doing anything drastic. I think blocking him is a bit drastic at this point.
Put yourself in their shoes, maybe you did know that this artist charged twice a month and you're okay with that. What if you just appeared one day and were blocked by that artist? That'd be kind of weird and would leave a bad taste in your mouth (at least for me).

I would wait a couple more days, and if he doesn't respond, then I would say it's fair game to charge him again. Worst comes to worst, you do a $50 refund and they change they pledge to $25.
You might also want to put somewhere on your patreon page that you charge twice a month. Make it explicit and not prone to misunderstanding.
tl;dr, don't worry brah

New guy here who wants to learn with Loomis Fun with pencil.
I obviously read the shit and try to understand, but am I just supposed to copy the stuff in blue to train myself?
The basic building is understandable, but if it comes to stuff like cheeks, eyes etc. my custom drawings look like garbage. If I just aim to copy what he has then it looks pretty good.

>>4207356
>my custom drawings look like garbgage
Don't worry this is normal, just keep trying and play around.

>>4207356
>The basic building is understandable, but if it comes to stuff like cheeks, eyes etc. my custom drawings look like garbage. If I just aim to copy what he has then it looks pretty good.
Remember this as a rule of thumb when it comes to learning shit:
If you copy 3d shapes, you'll get good at copying 3d shapes.
If you draw 3d shapes, you'll get better at doing 3d shapes.
If you copy faces, you'll get better at copying faces.
If you draw faces, you'll get better at drawing faces.
etc. you get me. Even if you fuck up you get more gains by doing your own faces and experimenting outside of what's shown in the book.

>>4207375
>>4207367
The problem is I seem extremely limited on imagining new faces. How should I tackle that problem? Just throw some shapes on the ball and then clean it up and see what comes out?

>>4207387
Experiment, anon. Imagination and your "mind's eye" get better as you progress, so don't worry and try new things.

>>4204332
drawing a lot of people. there isn't a good one. drawing people and portraits are really difficult and you'll dedicate years before you get good at it. learn construction, anatomy, gesture, perspective. measuring is important, you should study figure drawing methods like sight-size along the way and also comparative measuring.

studying drawing is hard to summarize because it integrates many skills (the fundamentals). you get better at these along the way and it's hard to just practice one at a time. a lot comes with mileage, although things like line confidence you can more specifically focus on.

most importantly, study art you like, copy it, make your own pieces from imagination, don't get in a rut of only studying. it's hard to recommend any more too early.

Is it based or cringe to create your own waifu?

>>4207678
its pretty based

>>4184302
Does anyone have suggestions for rendering translucent or transparent fabrics with colored pencils?

>>4187567
Have you tried practicing with grid overlays?

>>4191444
Francis Bacon
http://francis-bacon.com/paintings

How do I capture someone's appearance with what I have in my mind? I have a perfect copy of an important someone's face I'm not really related to with at this moment, but can't bring it to paper.

>>4195082
>>4195024
Learning how to deal with crabs has been part /fit/ culture for the majority of this decade. If you want a forced newfag meme, complain about coomers.

>>4194521
Some are rich, some are terrible with money and spend everything they have on their fetish. A couple years ago I saw an anon discussing how he realized his clients was one of the latter and refused to do commissions for him until he could get his finances together. He also helped the client out with figuring out how to structure a budget and by the time anon posted about it, the client was in a much healthier position financially and was able to afford regular commissions without neglecting his personal needs.

>>4194618
It's less the moral bankruptcy than it is rampant literal autism, which goes hand in hand with empathizing with cute cartoons and abnormal sexual perversions. The furry community is also unnecessarily accepting of neuro-atypical people, so for people who get shut out everywhere else, they tend to end up there. The autism also helps in highly technical trades which can result in large disposable incomes. There's one infamous guy who's a surgeon that just spends all his extra income on pictures of macro Star Fox characters fucking planets to pieces.

How does one organize all there ideas? I always feel like I'm coming up with something new everyday.

Also, what does it feel like to have completed a large project? (E.g. a great painting or a comic)

>>4207770
That story with the surgeon's the best.

>>4207946
>That story with the surgeon's the best
Someone post the full thing please

When drawing comics traditionally, are you supposed to draw it in 1:1? As in, in the same sized paper as it is gonna be read? If not, how are you supposed to estimate how big the text boxes are supposed to be, since the size of the text is gonna have to be bigger?

>>4208813
1:1 is usually how it's done yes.

anyone know who is this artists? ive tried searching for the name on the signature and reverse image search but cant find anything

>>4208903
Did you really though?

https://www.artstation.com/pilyeon

>>4184302
i need someone to feed me tuts for rendering in csp, i just cannot wrap my head around it. i can render to absolute photorealism in PS but in csp i can barely get beyond flats...

How big should my brush be when I sketch digitally and have no pen pressure or size jitter? and should I use full opacity when sketching? Usually I just sketch with a small brush on full opacity (and only use a small part of the total canvas since I have a lot of refs on the canvas because I use procreate on my iPad To draw) but idk if that's the Best way to sketch

Why do I always see people opening and closing commission with limited slots all the time? Don't they want to make it? What's the purpose if you don't do commissions regularly?

How big should my brush be when I sketch digitally and have no pen pressure or size jitter? and should I use full opacity when sketching? Usually I just sketch with a small brush on full opacity (and only use a small part of the total canvas since I have a lot of refs on the canvas because I use procreate on my iPad To draw) but idk if that's the Best way to sketch

Pic unrelated

Does it matter if I chicken scratch if I refine my sketch as I go and go over my lines with more bold and clean strokes?

>>4209053
To say when you're open to do commission's and to pace your work load so it's manageable for you without losing quality. Hopefully

>>4209173
why not just hold a queue? Cutesexyrobutts has like hundreds of people in queue and basically was forced to close commission, but I think that for the average artist that is hardly the case.

why van gogh is so famous?

What's the name of the brush used to get the effect in this picture? The one used for the green area, not the tree.
I see it all the time, but while I do have Photoshop i work mostly in Procreate, so I'm not familiar with what it actually is and I want to figure out if I can find/make a Procreate version of it

>>4209696
it's just a hue jitter on some type of flat brush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuJOQ41xzpA&t=30s

>>4209697
Oh so it's not like a V shaped brush that everyone who does concept art somehow has? I figured it had the hue jitter (procreate 5 added that so that's why I was hoping I could replicate it), but I didn't realize it would just be a regular flat brush. Thanks!

>>4209699
take your phone, slide it diagonally on the table in small increments. what shape is the leading edge lol? i guess i forgot to say you need to increase the spacing and possibly jitter that too a small amount.

>>4195135
Typing is generally just easier/faster/better looking imo, if you don't wanna use one of the many available handwritten-esque fonts you could make your own

>>4209701
Lmao I just went into procreate after seeing your first reply and quickly added jitter to a random square brush. Realizing was caused "the V shape" wasn't one of my proudest moments, can't believe I never thought of it. Thanks though, I'll tweak it a bit, I don't know if I'll even use it, it's just something I've been wondering for a while.

>>4202139
I always like to start either trying to copy a piece of art I like or a bunch gesture drawing.

>>4184302
If I plan on going the NSFW/coomer route and start taking commissions, would it be reasonable to have a policy of not drawing canon characters? Or would people think I'm retarded? It mainly has to do with copyright issues (if I were doing it for free I wouldn't care as much).

I've been away from any online art communities for probably 6-7 years now. What websites are popular? DeviantArt, Art Station, Crimson Daggers? What about YouTubers? Which artists are at the top now?

Give me a lowdown

Is copying an image sight sized a bad thing? I see some people denounce the practice but is it just a meme? Or is it something that is bad? If so,why?

>>4191512
Similar situation here. I work in engineering and do art as a hobby, My friend is in arts (well...he went to SCAD and is now in massive debt working a factory job). I try to encourage him to do art and work on his portfolio and try harder to get work and he always says, "you dont get it...there ate no jobs... I have to move somewhere to get work...I'm not good enough." Tho hes had the same portfolio as he did when he graduated 5 years ago.

My strategy to get through to him is to put in the effort which he should be to improve my skills and maybe get some work. Basically forcing my way into his shoes so I can say "there, look, it's not that bad and its completely possible."

Some people want to be miserable as an excuse to be miserable and theres not much you can do. This is especially true of "artists" who "like to draw" but refuse to put in the work.

Idk if this helps you...certainly helped me to rant.

How do I strengthen my minds eye?

What makes this mecha's head feminine?
Even if I just saw the head it would still be obviously female/cute

>>4211395
Round forms
Big forehead, small "mouth"

>>4211395
Lack of strong jawline, round forms like the other anon has said.

Replace the mouth with the typical Gundam mouth (harder and longer jawline, maybe the mouth vents that the majority have) and it'll look more masculine.

>>4184302
Can art be used to get into social circles?

>>4190836
when you finish it

>>4208880
No it isn't. Different studios have different sized page templates for their artists, none of them make it 1:1.

>>4208813
Depends on how big the final printing is going to be, you will have to test it out. There's no standard size.
Also you don't need to draw the word bubbles with the art, what is usually done is, the artist draws the page, then someone else places the dialogue on top of the finished page. You could do it digitally or, if you really want to go full traditional, by drawing the bubbles on a different paper, then cutting them and placing on top of the original page.

When posting on instagram should I post scans or photos of my drawings? Which one gets more following?

Even though I'm a /beg/ tier, should I create an instagram to encourage myself to draw daily, and market it as a "progress" from /beg/ to /pro/ instagram. Here is where I am at currently.

>>4211715
Either very clean, retouched scans or very good looking photos with neat composition and lighting, shitty pictures taken with your phone under a bulb lighting are a big nope

Digital - mirror - profit
Traditional - ? - profit

To check a drawing, am I just gonna have to snap a picture and mirror it to check for problems or is there a better way that I'm unaware of?

>>4211726
You should. Start now.
>>4212254
An actual mirror would be more practical.

>>4184302
Is it worth if going from a small tablet to a medium one? I can draw pretty accurately on my small wacom but not as good as i do on paper and i wonder if there's a big difference with a medium one

How many sketchbooks do you all have/use?

IDK why but it's difficult for me to do warmups sketches gestures anatomic studies and actual pieces in the same book.

>>4213483
I do believe a medium should be the minimum size people buy for artistic purposes. It still won't be drawing like paper (I still draw way better trad than digital) but it should be better because your usable space gets about 2.5 times bigger. That said, no one can guarantee how much of a difference it'll be for you but I think it'd be worth it. I went from barely being able to do anything on a Bamboo Fun compared to feeling competent on a Huion New 1060.

>>4213671
>IDK why but it's difficult for me to do warmups sketches gestures anatomic studies and actual pieces in the same book.
Get over that. If you're sketching at home buy reams of acid free copy paper and use that for everything to get over that mentality.

I have a store brand cheapo sketchbook that I carry in my bag and anything goes in there subject-wise with pencil or (fountain) pen. I have a cardstock/cartridge paper sketchbook that anything brush, dip pen, or brush pen works on. Then I have a watercolor sketchbook. Some people do use different sketchbooks for different studies but they're usually filling those books up quickly. A lot of people waste resources buying sketchbooks they never come close to finishing.

How do you start drawing from imagination?

How is a artist suppose to act? How do you fully immense yourself in art? I wanna eat, breath art. Make that my core being. Because I have nothing going on. It was how I was in high school but I feel like I lost my soul.

>>4214707
Literally just try and do it, whatever shit you produce keep doing it and you will get better with time. You have to force yourself to make the first line, from there it gets easier. Perspective helps a ton

>>4184302
Are there other boards/communities about drawing? im not asking about discord, just an internet board/forum/group, anything like this place minus the 4chan culture

>>4207733
nvm finally drew my ex from 2 years ago by memory

>>4215835
your ex looks like a potato

Any recommendations on how to learn to draw heads with boxes? I can't find anything that's clear enough for me

>>4217532
Bridgman's drawing from life is a good resource. its super old you can find the complete pdf with a quick google

>>4216443
yeah

What is this on the left with the lines and numbers? I see it in rough animations and I want to know more about it.

i'm an engineering student starting my masters. I find it quite embarrassing when I draw a diagram in front of students/my supervisor and it looks incomprehensible. Where do I go or what styles should I study to improve my freehand technical drawing skills?

>>4217899
scott robertson how to draw, peter han dynamic bible and videos

Does anybody know of any good alternatives to the official Cintiq stands? They're fucking expensive for what they are.

I'm new to social media and need advice.

As an artist on twitter, how much should I be retweeting others' art that I like? Do people actually look through my media tab to see stuff by me when they visit my page? I'd like to help signal boost, but fear I'll be buried under work that isn't mine.

What's a rule of thumb for retweeting my own work? Should I recycle old stuff when it's relevant again, or to introduce it to a new wave of followers? I see this often, but don't know the threshold for "spamming".

>>4218280
I don't have a rule of thumb to give you, but when I follow an artist I see it as a bonus if they can introduce me to other artists I haven't heard about. If I like someone's art, I trust that they have good taste. At least try not to do pic related

to any krita users, can you tell me how to color in line art?

>>4218280
b urself, but I'd advise not to retweet too often, none likes to have his twitter flooded with that stuff.
>>4217763
Number and lenght of the frames involved in an animation sequence.

>>4184302
How do I assert my perspective knowledge?
I completed a perspective drawing course at a local college yet... still I can't draw perspective well. Despite knowing, taking notes, and trying to apply or even to copy the process from classes and reading Perspective made easy by Norling. I struggle with drawabox, stuff ends unnatural looking etc.

Is there any point in going for another perspective course at other school?

has your handwriting improved noticably after practicing drawing? I seem to be able to write prettier but often relapse to my old writing style when not paying attention

CSP had crashed, and my tool settings had reset back to a previous session way long ago.

I don't know if I'm misremembering it but I pretty sure opacity shouldn't make it so that it forces me to make another stroke when I have it at anything but 100%. I thought I can just go over it continuously, much like a spray, until it reaches at max ink.

So far, brush density helps gets around this situation, but it's just bother me that this issue also affects erasers and watercolor brushes.

Is there way to edit this behavior or am I just on the wrong here?

Pic related, used a soft eraser.

>>4184302
Where do all the nsfw artists get the best pinup reference?

>>4219269
not really
>>4219575
i remember reading a claim here that sakimi gets her poses from JAV covers

Why is it so much easier to sketch digitally with a brush that simulates graphite texture than it is to sketch with literally any other kind of brush?

>>4219269
No, 20 years of drawing and I've still got doctor handwriting.

>>4219617
because it's easier to create value

>>4219617
texture and imperfection don't let you get caught up on how clean the lines are. it's much easier for me to sketch digitally with a pencil or chalk brush without getting caught up in details. i much prefer dry media simulating brushes in digital.

>>4218280
Retweeting is fine, people always can see your posts with media from you, just don't ever reply with reaction images

How to draw a skull in 3/4 with line only?

>>4218280
This goes for absolutely anybody posting art online:
Please, for the love of god, if you're using social media for networking at least maintain some presence on a gallery site that's an actual gallery that was designed with art in mind rather than exclusively using social media sites that were designed around showing off the food you had at starbucks. Artstation, Pixiv, Deviantart, hell, even fucking Furaffinity is better. As good as Twitter is for getting new followers and finding other artists, it absolutely sucks shit for keeping work saved and putting your art in front of the people that already follow you.

Would it be a bad idea to redraw an old pose you did (i.e. re-studying a reference you already did)?
I overheard once that you should always keep going forward and not retread over the reference.

Is making your OCs stand next to each other and text that described them next to them a trend in Japan? I've seen this a couple of times

>>4219689
No idea where you heard that, sounds retarded.

>>4219635
>>4219650
What's the next best thing if the brush engine's real shit and can't support textured brushes? (eg. I want to use drawpile with the bros)
I'm guessing just a low opacity highly spaced brush

>>4220542
If you are using gimmicks like drawpile your question is not really of a nature to warrant a serious answer.

>>4220559
, yes.

Can someone link me to that aha moment thread from probably weeks ago, where anons post their aha moment revarding drawing/painting?
Can't remember keywords. Lost my browser that had the history.

>>4219542
Keep your brush density and opacity at 100%, but modify the pressure curve of opacity/density so it behaves the way like you want it to.

Sometimes I don't know why the hell I draw or paint what I do. I find it very difficult to describe my artistic intentions let alone write an artist statement for that reason. How should I deal with this, just be upfront one of those very casual/humble artists who seem to think very little of their own work? Maybe that's it at it's core. I am more into the process of making my work than the outcome with an audience. I don't know..

>>4219689
I think it's fine if you're doing quick gestures and you haven't used that one in a while. Limit it though.

Are the Jap hyper angle and posing books on the MEGA any good?

I need help finding this tool I lost the link to. It was somekind of an ai photo editor that would take profile portrait photos and would generate the subject in front view. If anyone knows what I am talking about I have been looking for this the last week with no luck. I remember first seeing it years ago on youtuber's blog post/video about portrait painting (i think they were using oil or watercolor).


>>4221124
yes, get them

>>4219689
It's how I memorized poses and anatomy. I redraw a very simplified version though to be able to recall the main proportions.

>>4222016
https://cvl-demos.cs.nott.ac.uk/vrn/

Can somebody explain why artists use Instagram? I mean, I get it from a social media standpoint, but it seems like you pretty much have to post specifically from your phone from what I understand.

If true, I don't understand how in the hell any artist is supposed to easily use it. You would have to upload to your phone and then post from there?

>>4222241
There is a chrome app which allows you to have the same mobile functionality from your browser. It's been months since I've used so I don't know if it works any more but look it up

>>4222208
Yes! Thank you so much. I was going crazy looking for this.

Is it normal to always see a slight ghost image of objects when focusing on it against a background? If i close one eye i dont get it but with both open theres always a slight "double image" going on

>>4222372
yes, completely. It's why most people close one eye when observing something intensely

>>4222375
Thats good to hear, I had tried looking it up but could only find actual eyesight issues. Thank you.

i'm studying loomis head construction right now but how do i know i'm good enough to put features in them, do i just practice both things at the same time?

>>4222598
I swear everyone that picks up loomis is illiterate or lack reading comprehension skills.

>>4222372
It means your vision isn't perfect, which most people don't have.
You're finding eyesight issues in your results because it can be an issue. People with strong "ghost" vision require glasses to fix it

>>4222603
I bet that if he ever had woman moist, naked and throbbing with desire on his bed he'd awkardly ask "Excuse me ma'am is it okay if I perform penetration now?"

>>4222372
That's just depth perception. The "ghost image" is just the part that one eye sees but the other doesn't. Look down to your nose and you'll see what I mean.

what is the training of a japanese animator? how do i achieve this look?

>>4224209
Lots of observation of planes. Those are sketches, but well done sketches. To do them, git gud the trad way, like most nips do.

>>4224209
they have vocational animation and manga schools to get you drawing as a basic animator or assistant on a manga

whats the best place to learn digital art?
Are there any others besides schoolism/ctrl+paint

>>4224461
loomis

>>4185309
just use vibrant flat colors and use cell shading to add detail.

>>4184302
i need a new tablet, should i buy a display tablet or buy a normal drawing tablet and then save up for an ipad

>>4187567
>>4207726
But how is it constructed? Of course i can put some lines over a photo and recreate that, but how do I construct that by myself? Where do the VPs go and how do I tranfer the scale? How big would the truck be if it just passed by that shack?

I'm looking for a timelapse video of a digital painting of a figure done with a sort of traditional approach with a monochromatic underpainting. Does anyone know someone who works that way?

>>4224534
If u havent used a display tablet before that includes an ipad. Dont invest it in it. Stick to hardsurface screenless tablets since they are cheaper, ergonomic, and you dont suffer from having your hand take up your drawing. If you want to go mobile. Get a laptop instead. They are far more useful than an ipad since the apps suck and you can do what you normally do. Just grab one that doesnt have a huge backlit screen.

any porn artists around? do you guys feel fullfilled? just asking because I've gained a sizeable amount of followers after drawing more porn, but it makes me feel oddly hollow, as if I didn't really deserve any of the attention I'm getting.
May just be that drawing porn isn't my thing, but I'm not sure

>>4226449
Beats the hell out of working at the grocery store and I get to practice fundamental skills, even if I don't do exactly the type of art I'd like. That's the way I look at it.

Is there some kind of trick to get perspective like this? Or is it all just by eye?

Is it wrong to paint by references? I feel like I'm cheating by looking at photos and painting them. Also which size of paper should I use to paint and draw? A4? A5?

Any suggestions on subject matters good for a newbie in watercolours? I'm trying to combine pen and ink and watercolour but I feel like I'm just ruining my drawings because of my clumsy application of paints.
Any answers would be appreciated!

>>4184302
Is there a point/benefit in drawing standing up, on an easel ?

>>4191000
Based, fun line of work, keep it up man.
I say 90€ is a good price (esp. if you're in France)

>>4226484
Correct me if I'm wrong,the horizontal like should be the the middle of the image by default

>>4222653
top kek

>>4226691
completely wrong, horizon line is positioned at eye/camera level.

i want to learn better lineweight, give me all your lineweight resources RIGHT THE FUCK NOW
and by lineweight i dont mean just line size but also darkness/opacity, you get it

Do people on social media still mistake artistic nudes for pornographic content?

>>4226484
The vanishing point is FAR away from the center of the picture
There is a hack to do those thing easily but when properly analyzed it looks like shit. Just draw some dots at one end of your canvas and in the other end draw the same amount of dots but more widely spaced then connected them with lines and BAM perceptive but if anyone analyzes it in detail they'll know is shit.
The hard way is this same trick but with a bunch of math involved.

>>4226647
Anyone?

I'm new to Photoshop, was watching tutorials to find a good brush to just smoothly blend and stumbled on a video where dude shows using a hard round brush in PS. At a certain point in the video he begins to blend and it comes all streaky, but then he changes a setting offscreen or something and it gets super smooth. I've tried adjusting every setting and can't reproduce this look, and it seems all the youtube comments noticed this and also can't seem to figure out what he did. Any ideas? At 5:35ish in the vid.

https://youtu.be/-Nt9fa8jZUE?t=333

>>4226986
Sinix uses corel painter, not Photoshop. It has a different brush engine.

Why does /ic/ never really give that much criticism? They either degrade you or just give "critiques" that are vague as hell.

>>4226986
He's using Corel Painter I think? But that's irrelevant. You just need to toy with the opacity and flow settings to make it easier to blend with any brush. Try setting opacity at 30% and flow to 20%, and color pick a lot to smooth it out and slowly build up your painting in layers.

Alternatively you can use hard round for hard edges, and switch to the soft round to blend out the edges that don't need to be hard. You can also blend with the smudge and mixer brush but I'm not that experienced using those.

Where are viable places to be posting your art? I only have Twitter but that platform is so shit on top of all the social /pol/shit that happens there

>>4227004
That was a very long winded way of saying "this can't be done in Photoshop"

>>4227003
Because a lot of people don't really know or understand what they are talking about. So they say "it looks bad."

>>4226986
Use a low flow rate and Alt to color pick the gradients and smooth them out. Lay down initial strokes with hard round then blend with the soft round airbrush. There might be some use of the blur tool happening too but you can get blending down fine with the soft round and color picker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZvaXBsOQzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjDOnQ4OhI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfQNadGEPBU&t=33s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mABIjHzffqs

https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/

>>4227001
Normally yes, but in this video he's specifically demonstrating in photoshop.

Why are chink tablets limited to 10 x 6? They can't make anything bigger?

couldn't find an appropriate thread to ask this, so i suppose this will have to do.

does this shit actually work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsGm4AZujHI

Is a anime face better for the masses or a semi realistic one?

Why do I like this composition? My rational brain tells me that it sucks, but I like it a lot. What are the principles behind why it works?

Did we hit the bump limit?

How do people digital paint in greyscale and then colorize it? I literally don't undestand. And how should I arrange my layers before I do that? Digital painting is a huge mistery to me in general. And I hate Photoshop, it sucks

>>4227979
Its divided horizontally by thirds?

>>4191984
Theres never enough knowledge and thx for the recommendation